The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-07

/ ted TO warden Wr1gnG that ne Wa
! Shea. He was then under the name G
Sullivan. His term expires In eight
/ days and requisition papers have a
| ready been secured for taking him t
: st. Louis, where the halter awaits him
, Pittsburg and st. Louis officials, how
ever, have discovered that there was
, plot on foot to rescue Shea after leay
ing the penitentiary. 1t is said tina
detectives have been shadOWing tw
men in this city who are the principal
, in the plot. Both are great friends o
Shea. One of them was at one time Al
official in the West, and was robbed o
big snm OF money. 1t was suspecte'
that this was put-up job. The othe
man is said to be from Kansas City
where it is also asserted Shea is wanteI
for killing woman.
RENEK SENTENCED TO BE HUNG.
| ST.. JOSEPH, Mo-, July 1.-Peter III
Renek, Bohemian who murdered hi
young wife in cold blood in st. Joe
April last, was yesterday sentenced t,
be hung August 10. Renek has mani
tested no sorrow, and is apparently un
concerned regarding his fate. lie re
marked tonight to a sheriff that hi
would never be hung but would die
some easier death. The murder was
committed while he was drunk. He
| suspected his wife without cause OF
being intimate with another man. This
will be the second hanging in this
county since the war. The other one
being August %, 1870, when John
Grabel was hung for the murder of his
brother-in-law, Joel Drake.
DIMINISHING THE POPULATION.
KANSAS CITY, July IA Times
Gainesville, Texas special says that the
Houghton brothers to-day became in
vOlved in a quarrel with the Paines,
father and son. Shooting began and
resulted in the death of Paine, Senior,
and one of the HOughtoD boys and the
| fatal wOundIng of young Paine. The
| other HoughtOn brother is in jail. The
quarrel is said to have been caused by
the refusal of the Paines to join the
HOughtons in a scheme to rob Santa
Fe train. All parties belong in the
Territory.
IT WAS HARMLESS.
CHICAGO, July IA sensation was
caused this afternoon by the informa-
ton that a dynamite bomb with the
fuse burned to within a quarter of an
inch of the shell was found by Judge
Baker under his desk in the Criminal
| Court last Wednesday. The Judge
presides in the room where the An
archists were tried and condemned.
Believing that there had been an at
tempt to destroy by dynamite the court
building together with the lives of
those who happened to be in it at the
time, Judge Baker gave the missile to
his bailiff with strict injunctions of Sc
crecy. The story was widely publish
ed, but when generally known was
features. Mr.. Smith, Clerk of the
Court, said the bomb had been lying
around underneath the desk for
months, and is only relic of the An
archists' trial and is harmless.
JIM M'ELROY EXECUTED.
HENDERSON, KY, July Jim Nc
Elroy, coloIed, was hung at noon to-
day. He passed sleepless night, and
spent from O'Clock to 5 this morning
in prayers. AT sunrise he partook of
light breakfast. After this the sher-
iff entered his cell and read the death
warrant. Following the sheriff Rev.
e. M. Bottomly, of the African M. E.
Church, entered, and after an hour in
prayer and conversation, baptized the
doomed man. McElrOy reasserted his
often-repeated story that he was inno-
cent. The crime for which he was con-
victed was the murder of William
Mart, one of the most prominent and
respected farmers of southwestern
Kentucky.
A BANKER SUICIDES.
CLEVELAND, July George J. An
derson, prominent banker and bust
ness man of Sandusky, shot himself
through the head in his cellar to-day.
Unfortunate investments in Kansas
and consequent heavy losses are
thought to have unsettled his reason.
GOT THE DROP ON HIM.
KANSAS CITY, July IA Times
special from Tahlequah, Indian Terri
tory, says that much excitement exists
over the killing of Thomas Trainer, a
well known citizen, by High Sheriff
Hawkins. Trainer drew a pistol ON
Hawkins, but the latter killed him be-
fore he got chance to use it.
A DEADLY EXPLOSION.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July IAN engine
running threshing machine near
Mascontah, a short distance from this
city, exploded at O'Clock this morn
ing, killing John Barth and blowing
both legs off of Barth's brother. The
owner of the machine was slightly in
jured. The fire was communicated to
the thresher and two wagon loads of
wheat, consuming them and burning
up two horses.
SHOT AND KILLED.
Ell DORADO, KaS., June 29.-Roy
Nance shot and killed man by the
name of Formi, to-day in Sycamore,
this county. Formi was working for
Nance and was discharged. They had
some words, when Nance sWOre out a
peace warrant and the Constable in
company with Nance attempted to
make the arrest. Formi resisted and
was shot. Nance came to Ell Dorado
and was bound over in the sum of
81 900.
PLEADS GUILTY.
PHILADELPHIA, June 29.-Thomas
O'ConnOr, Il young man, plead guilty
before Judge Wilson to five bills of in
dictment charging him with involun-
| taIy manslaughter in causing the death
of Catherine, Thomas and jeremiah
| Murphy, Margaret Haney and Dennis
Cremmens ON May %, While out boat
ing on the Delaware with the deceased
and others. O'Connor created a fight
which resulted in the boat being upset
and the parties named drowned.
Nearly all the members of the party
had been drinking. Sentence was de-
| ferred.
| ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
AsHEVILLE, N. c., June 29.-Tom
King, cOlored, this morning shot and
instantly killed his wife. He claims il
was accidental. lie says he was going
hunting and the gun went off. King
was arrested and Drought before 3
magistrate in much distress and weep
ing bitterly.
CHANGE OF VENUE GRANTED.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, june 29.-The
motion for change of venue in the
Emma MollOy case consumed the en-
tire day. About thirty witnesses testi
fled as to whether or not there was too
much prejudice III Green County fol
her to have an impartial trial. Judge
Wallace granted the change of venue
and the case was sent to Christian
County for the August term of court
adding another trial to the fifteen muir
ders and seventy-five other Bald Knob
Der cases on the docket there.
FIERCE AND FATAL FIGHT.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, June ga specia
from Knoxville, Tennessee says: New
comes from Stony Gap church in Han
cock county of fatal shooting affra,
there last night. Will Hobbs, mem
Der of the outlaw gang that has killel
several men during the past few month
was in attendance at a meetin
AID FOR MARsIIFIED'S SUFFERERS.
MILWAUKEE, June ga special +